{"id":5913,"date":"2019-07-18T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=5913"},"modified":"2019-07-14T19:06:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T23:06:11","slug":"safe-summer-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/safe-summer-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"SAFE SUMMER SHOOTING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MAG40_DE2019_web.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MAG40_DE2019_web-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5914\" width=\"350\" height=\"443\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We\njust finished teaching a class in Colorado where the shooting was\ndone in mid- to upper-90 degree weather. Got through it fine thanks\nto some clouds, some breeze, and above all by staying on top of the\nheat exposure.  Same for the class just before it, at similar\ntemperatures but with more humidity, in Delaware.  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LOTS\nof water on the range.  Electrolyte beverages encouraged.  Frequent\nbreaks in the shade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\nIn the past, I\u2019ve seen folks\ncollapse from heatstroke from a day of shooting under the unrelenting\nsun.  Don\u2019t wait to drink until you\u2019re thirsty; you don\u2019t get\nthirsty until you\u2019re already starting to dehydrate.  Not having to\nurinate doesn\u2019t mean your bladder suddenly got bigger, it means\nyou\u2019re dehydrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MAG20R_CO2019_Web.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MAG20R_CO2019_Web-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5915\" width=\"350\" height=\"407\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The people who make the Camelbak product aren\u2019t just trying to sell you their wearable water bladders with their motto, \u201cHydrate or Die!\u201d  They\u2019re simply telling you the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the death you\u2019re risking isn\u2019t just from dehydration itself.  Dehydration brings on fatigue. Fatigue brings on carelessness.  Add loaded guns in the mix, and, well, you\u2019re heading toward a place where no one should want to go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Enjoy your guns and your summer. They\u2019re both more enjoyable when used wisely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:158px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We just finished teaching a class in Colorado where the shooting was done in mid- to upper-90 degree weather. Got through it fine thanks to some clouds, some breeze, and above all by staying on top of the heat exposure. Same for the class just before it, at similar temperatures but with more humidity, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5913"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5922,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions\/5922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}